Improved bed-bottom



N unina ,entspannende LANE L. NEWMAN, OF EAST SAGINAW', MICHIGAN.

' Letters Patent N 106,074, dated August 2, 1870.

IMPRovED BED-BOTTOM.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LANE L. -N EWMAN, of East Saginaw, in the count-y ofrSaginaw and State'of Michigan, have invented certain new and usei'nl Improvements in Bed-Bottoms; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clealyand exact description thereof', reference being had tothe accompanying drawing and to Athe letters. of reference'marked'thereon The nature, of my -inventiou consists in the construction and arrangement of a noiselessfoldiug bedbottom, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same,

I will now"v proceed to describe its construction and operation, 'referring to the annexeddrawing, which forms apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview' of one section of `my bed-bottom, and

Figure 2 shows several sections joined together.

.B B represent the ordinary slats laid crosswse in a bedstead, andA provided' on their upper sides with spiral springsCO," upon which rest other slats A A, each slat B, with-its springs and top slat, forming one section of my bed-bottom.

lhe topslatA is about two inches shorter than the lower sla-t B, and the upper smaller ends of the coil springs C C are inserted in the under side of the top slat A, and-fastened with a wire staple.

The lower or larger ends of the spiral springs are fastened to the bottom slat' in the following manv Der:

A cord, F, is placed under one side of the spring, land va staple driven in so a's to fasten the end of the cord andthat side of the spring to the slat.

Then passl the cord F over the bottomlcoil of the spring, 'crossing it midway, and fastening the other end under the opposite sideof the spring with an` other staple.

A screw, E, is inserted into the .head and foot of the bedstead, inline with the outside rows of springs,

and about one or'two inches lower than the top of the slats, said screws being provided with eyes.

Now tie the end of the cord into the eye-screw; then pass it to the lirst section over the slatA; then fwunder and around this slat inside of the spring; then cross the cord on top'and under the slat outside oi" the spring; then bringing it on top, and make two or three turns and draw it tight.

rihis keeps the slats in place, and is convenient to' tightenor take clown at any time.

` Gothrough the same process with all the sections, and tie the cord tight in the eye-screw at the opposite end. One oi these cords is at each side of the bed.

When taken from the bedstead, this bottom can be folded and tied np'in a very small compass.

, Haring thus fully describedmy invention,

XVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` The' combination and arrangement of the bottom slats B B, springs C G, cordsF F, top slats A A, eye-screws E, and cords D D, all-substantially as and for thc purposes herein set forth.

. LANE L. NEWMAN.

Witnesses:

s JNO. H. SPRINGER, EUGENE WLLBER. 

